Scholar's Cup - Organizations to Reserach

KGB was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until its collapse in 1991. Formed in 1954 as a direct successor of such preceding agencies as Cheka, NKGB, and MGB, the committee was attached to the Council of Ministers.

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Mossad

The Mossad is the national intelligence agency of Israel. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with Aman (military intelligence) and Shin Bet (internal security).

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MI6

MI6 is apart of SIS (Secret Intelligence Service) and specializes in foreign intelligence.

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NSA

The National Security Agency (NSA) is a U.S. intelligence agency responsible for global monitoring, collection, decoding, translation and analysis of information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes.

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CIA

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is one of the principal intelligence-gathering agencies of the United States federal government. It is the only independent US intelligence agencies.

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Okhara

Okhranka, English Department for Defense of Public Security and Order, (1881–1917), prerevolutionary Russian secret-police organization that was founded to combat political terrorism and left-wing revolutionary activity.

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MSS

The Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China (MSS) is the security agency of the People's Republic of China, responsible for counter-intelligence, foreign intelligence and political security.

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Stasi

Formed on the 8th of February 1950 and dissolving on the 3rd of October 1990 (the end of the German Democratic Republic), Stasi is sometimes described as the most effective and repressive intelligence and secret police agencies to ever have existed.

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CHEKA

CHEKA was a Russian organization. The name originated from 'Extraordinary Commission' (In Russian) The workers in the organization were referred to as 'Chekists'.

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Oprichiniki

The Oprichniki were Ivan the Terrible's 'henchmen'. They were created to govern the division of Russia known as the Oprichnina (1565-1572). They were garbed in black, and fancied back horses. They spread terror and fear across the land.

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The Mossad is the national intelligence agency of Israel. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with Aman (military intelligence) and Shin Bet (internal security).

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Mossad

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MI6 is apart of SIS (Secret Intelligence Service) and specializes in foreign intelligence.

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The National Security Agency (NSA) is a U.S. intelligence agency responsible for global monitoring, collection, decoding, translation and analysis of information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes.

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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is one of the principal intelligence-gathering agencies of the United States federal government. It is the only independent US intelligence agencies.